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Telecommunications and post

H. Osman Rani, M. Anuar Adnan and Mohamed Aslam

Telecommunications and postal services were seen as important aspects of nation-building in the decades after Independence. Initially developed as government-run services, both were subsequently privatized in the 1980s and 1990s, and were then liberalized in the 1990s.

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  • History
  • Post–Independence
  • Modernization and integrated services
  • Convergence
Postmen

Postmen at the Sabah Central Post Office, c. 1968.